A large lump grew on the roof of my mouth in roughly eight hours. What the hell could it be?

I’ve had this happen before, the Docs would lance it and it would go away for six months or so. There have been times that it grew so quickly that
it popped on its own. At which point I'm spitting up blood and pus.

In 2009, I had oral surgery to scrap off the bone what was described as a non-cancerous fibrous growth. I had no problems until today. Today it
returned with a vengeance.

It became so painful because of the speed of growth that I punched out of work and went to the emergency room, who after three and a half hours of
waiting prescribed me nothing more than Vicoden and Penicillian.

Lot's of good that does me.

Has anyone else had this happen before and what was done to prevent it from happening again. I'm calling my Periodontist first thing. Other than the
possible cancer thing, what questions should I ask?

I've looked at quite a few sites that refered to this or something similiar, but almost everyone said that the medical community was fairly clueless.

I'm no doctor, but it sounds like an abcess/cyst type thing which could be caused by a infection of the bone area that was operated on. I had an
infected tooth that had a root canal done on it and a few years later i had something similar come up on my gum beside the tooth.

Probably just an infection, i wouldn't worry too much just take antibiotics and roll with it. Possibility you could have another growth but likely
just an infection. I've gotten abcesses in my mouth before but they always go away, faster if i have antibiotics because the human mouth is the
nastiest place on earth and literally a cesspool of nastiness. I chewed a hangnail off 6 years ago and it swelled up so bad i thought i was going to
die and it hurt so much. Doc sprayed that cold crap on it to numb it up and mashed the crap out and the pus was all green nastiness.

They are usually caused by blockages in the salivary glands. Bacterial infections usually result from a blockage (such as salivary duct stones) or
poor oral hygiene. They can be seen in people who are dehydrated and in the hospital.

Practice good oral hygiene. Brushing your teeth and flossing thoroughly at least twice per day may help with healing and prevent an infection. If you
are a smoker, stop smoking to help with recovery. Warm salt water rinses (1/2 teaspoon of salt in 1 cup of water) may be soothing and keep the mouth
moist.

Drink lots of water and use sugar-free lemon drops to increase the flow of saliva and reduce swelling. Massaging the gland with heat may help.

But I'd keep it if I were you, you never know when you might need some tartar sauce with your chips.

They are usually caused by blockages in the salivary glands. Bacterial infections usually result from a blockage (such as salivary duct stones) or
poor oral hygiene. They can be seen in people who are dehydrated and in the hospital.

Practice good oral hygiene. Brushing your teeth and flossing thoroughly at least twice per day may help with healing and prevent an infection. If you
are a smoker, stop smoking to help with recovery. Warm salt water rinses (1/2 teaspoon of salt in 1 cup of water) may be soothing and keep the mouth
moist.

Drink lots of water and use sugar-free lemon drops to increase the flow of saliva and reduce swelling. Massaging the gland with heat may help.

But I'd keep it if I were you, you never know when you might need some tartar sauce with your chips.

Never heard of that, but I have been gargling with the warm salt water and drinking coffee in between, which does seem to help the pain...but also
seems to encourage it to grow larger.

I'm thinking of taking a exacto blade to it...after sterilizing it of course.

I would receive splinters from time to time. Wooden, metallic, just things of that nature. I would not know they were imbedded in my flesh. Until they
were being forced out. Puss and blood and splinters.

Just a thought. Mayhap something is lodged in the flesh. Mayhap left over from the surgery. Mayhap your body has not yet been able to force it out.
Mayhap it wont. Mayhap it will. Mayhap it acclimates and stops trying.

Originally posted by 1MrMarc
Try gargling warm salt water and swish it around then rub some salt on it. It worked for me when I a big canker sore on the roof of my mouth.
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Also, good ole Baking Soda. Mix it in warm water (with the salt even) and gargle, swish as needed. Make a "paste" of baking soda and water and coat
it so it can penetrate. Let it stay on as long as possible, then swish with water and spit it out.

Also, 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda in a glass of water, 3 times a day. It fixes the pH of your blood to perfection, which inhibits growths, and as an
added bonus makes you feel instantly awake, alert and energetic.

Look it up, cool stuff that... and Big Pharma does NOT want you to know that this 80-cent box of kitchen essentials is also a true wonder-drug!

Just stopped by to say had it recur same place as yours, a few times, a few years back.
Went to my dentist, who had seen it before - lanced it, hurt like hell but the relief from the pressure was a godsend.
I recall he sent what he scraped for a biopsy - he may have even made reference to the "c" word. He said it was draining from an infected tooth,
but I had no infected teeth at the time.

It came back 3 times, drained on its own once - yah how gross was that taste-- I drained it the 2nd time (sterile sewing needle) and the dentist
drained it the 3rd time.

My tongue is automatically checking right now for the lump that has never returned, as it still does about 10X/day... body parts checkin' out how the
other body parts are doin'...

My empathies with the pain and the pressure. It was something else-- especially when you're not sure whats causing it exactly.
All the best to you, get that relief back soon!

Just stopped by to say had it recur same place as yours, a few times, a few years back.
Went to my dentist, who had seen it before - lanced it, hurt like hell but the relief from the pressure was a godsend.
I recall he sent what he scraped for a biopsy - he may have even made reference to the "c" word. He said it was draining from an infected tooth,
but I had no infected teeth at the time.

It came back 3 times, drained on its own once - yah how gross was that taste-- I drained it the 2nd time (sterile sewing needle) and the dentist
drained it the 3rd time.

My tongue is automatically checking right now for the lump that has never returned, as it still does about 10X/day... body parts checkin' out how the
other body parts are doin'...

My empathies with the pain and the pressure. It was something else-- especially when you're not sure whats causing it exactly.
All the best to you, get that relief back soon!

Had the procedure done today and the relief is immense!

However, I too have to go back next week for a biopsy. Oh joy.

Thanks for the response. Time to hit the hay as I haven't had to much sleep in the last 24.

Yeah there was nuthin like that relief of pressure-- wacky stuff.
I'll practise some envisioning of a clean report re: your biopsy.
Keep us up on it,
and count how many times in a day your tongue goes to it to check things out..

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